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That all sound good but in practice rarely is the case. Good developers and every kind of smart people, scientists, are eccentrics, because they just know more
by desireco42 10y ago
That all sound good but in practice rarely is the case. Good developers and every kind of smart people, scientists, are eccentrics, because they just know more then you and it is hard to explain everything every time.
- JoshTriplett 10y ago> Good developers and every kind of smart people, scientists, are eccentrics Not always, and "eccentric" doesn't mean "unable to be helpful or kind". > because they just know more then you and it is hard to explain everything every time Yes, it's hard. It's a different skill than programming or general intelligence. And it's a harder skill to find or to train. As a rarer skill, it's thus more valuable, and more useful to select for. And as an engineer, developing a rarer skill makes you more valuable, which will improve your career prospects (in both pay and position). Source: I've been on both sides of numerous performance review processes, and seen what people value at many levels of a technical job ladder.